Looking at some comments here you would think this film was in the same range as a Carrie, Dracula, Frankenstein, Jaws, etc.... Well it's not. It is in the SAME exact league as House On Haunted Hill, a decently made low budget horror film where you just know in your gut that the obvious person is not the real killer. Clearly this was made for a youth market for a date movie, I'm sure it was half way decent in that regard as you probably had your attention paid on other things than focused on this long drawn out who dunnit horror flick. This movie also looks like it was made for the 3D market as well since you see some scenes with the gloved "Bat" hand coming at you, but I may be off on that. Regardless, it's really a "so bad it's good" type of film when looked at in today's intelligence, especially after you have watched Eddie Murphy do his comic routine in that purple pink leather outfit of his rant about how white people will stay inside a house overnight where people are getting killed! If you are looking for a decent film of this type see The Old Dark House, if your looking for a joke film or something to play for you and some pre-teen types and have already seen House On Haunted Hill, then the Bat is a decent pick, just please do not expect anything in the realm of memorable horror. 6 of 10 A very good print is on the public domain set of 50 Movie Pack Horror Classics at amazon for under 20 dollars, it has the other Vincent Price films Last Man On Earth and House On Haunted Hill plus lots of other B movie horror cheese, like The Head That Would Not Die, etc etc etc .
